NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Vol. XV 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Much activity is evident all along the line in connec- 
tion with the leasing of cottages and estates along the 
North Shore for the coming season. There have been 
several important sales of real estate during the last few 
weeks, too, details of which we are not at liberty to give 
at this writing. The backward winter has not seemed to 
have affected the demand for property for the coming 
summer; the demand, on the other hand, is greater than 
the average. 
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Mr. and Mrs. William G. McCormick 6f Baltimore, 
who had the Gordon Means place on Grapevine road, 
Wenham Neck, last summer, will return to the North 
Shore. They will occupy during the coming summer the 
Ardhur Little “(Cameron house,” so-called, off Webster 
avenue, Beverly Farms. This is the place Mr. and Mrs. 
Barrett Wendell, Jr., and family had last season. 
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Mr. and Mrs. John Markle and family will return 
to West Manchester the coming season and will again 
have the estate of the late R. C. Hooper which they had 
last summer. This is one of the largest and most desir- 
able properties on the Manchester shore, and the Markles 
are among the most prominent New York families who 
have been coming to this section of late. Mr. Markle is 
a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., and he 1s 
also president of the G. B. Markle Co., coal mining opera- 
tors, of Jeddo, Pa. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Atterbury McGinley (Gert- 
rude Holden), of Pittsburg, have just leased the Philip 
Churchman cottage on Proctor street, Smith’s Point, 
Manchester. They have a country place, “Waldweben,” 
at Sewickley Heights, Pa. Mr. McGinley is the older 
son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. McGinley, who have been 
summering at Manchester for a number of years, and 
who have recently bought the S. Parker Bremer property 
on the tip end of Smith’s Point. 
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Among the newcomers to the North Shore this sum- 
mer will be Mr. and Mrs. Henry St. John Smith of Bos- 
ton, who will occupy the Clarke cottage, West Manches- 
ter, occupied last season by Miss Edith Deacon, now Mrs. 
Henry Gray. Mrs. Smith was Miss Constance Wharton. 
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are living this winter in Portland, 
Me., where Mr. Smith is connected in business. 
Mrs. Edwin A. Boardman of Boston will again oc- 
cupy the Mansfield small cottage at West Manchester the 
coming season. es 
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All of the above rentals were made through the office 
of T. Dennie Boardman and Reginald and R. deB. Board- 
man of the Ames Building, Boston, and ‘Manchester, who 
report continued activity in the renting of summer prop- 
erty along the North Shore for the coming season. 
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Mrs. W. Scott Fitz left Boston the first of the week 
for a three weeks’ trip to Florida. 
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Mrs. Andrew Weeks Anthony of Bristol, R. I., is 
one of a party at Palm Beach, who are guests of Col. 
Samuel P. Colt, having arrived there a few days ago in 
a private car from Washington. Col. ‘Colt and his guests 
were entertained over the inauguration ceremonies by 
Senator LeBaron B. Colt of Rhode Island at his home in 
Washington, 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, March 16, 1917 
No. Il 
DOCIERTYS NOTES 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bradley of Morristown, N. J., 
have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss 
Anne Brown Bradley, to Samuel Eliot, son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Amory Eliot of Boston and Manchester-by-the-Sea. 
No date has been set for the wedding. Miss Bradley is 
a granddaughter of the late Joseph P. Bradley, who was 
associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United 
States. Mr. Eliot was a member of the Harvard class of 
1gtt,and is a meiber of the Tennis and Racquet club and 
the Exchange club, Boston, and the Essex County club in 
Manchester. His sisters are Mrs. Alfred Codman, Mrs. 
Richard S. Lovering, and Mrs. Frederick Burnham, the 
last two of Manchester. 
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Miss Eleonora R. Sears 
bury cottage on Hart street, 
the coming season. 
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has leased the Frank Sea- 
Beverly Farms village, for 
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Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cochrane returned to Bos- 
ton the first of this week from Florida. They plan to 
spend the greater part of the summer at their place in 
Pride’s Crossing. 
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Dr. and Mrs. S. Burt Wolbach of 420 Beacon st., 
3oston, and the North Shore, are receiving congratula- 
tions upon the birth of a son, their second child. The 
first one is also a boy. Dr. and Mrs. Wolbach make their 
home with Mrs. Wolbach’s father, William H. Welling- 
ton. 
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“Pleasure Island’ is the title given to the Vincent 
club operetta, written by Miss Mary Copley Amory and 
her sister, Miss Margot Amory, for the annual show of 
the organization, Boston, given in aid of the Vincent 
Memorial Hospital. Miss Margot Amory is to play “The 
Queen of the Amazons,” the part that had been assigned 
to Mrs. George von L. Meyer, Jr., and Miss Alice C. 
Thorndike will play “The Tiger.” Some of the rehearsals 
are already in progress and those of the dances began 
this week at Mrs. Lilla Viles Wyman’s studio. The per- 
formances will take place at the Wilbur Theatre on the 
afternoons of April 26, 27, 30 and May 1. The dress 
rehearsal is on April 24. 
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Miss Katharine Ayer is leaving Pride’s Crossing 
within a few days for a visit in New York with Dr. and 
Mrs. James C. Ayer, who have a beautiful estate, 
“Shadowland,” in Glen Cove, L. I., where they spend their 
summers. Miss Ayer and her mother, Mrs. Frederick 
Ayer, returned to Pride’s Crossing a week ago today from 
visiting the latter’s relatives in St. Paul. One of the most 
pleasant functions in Miss Ayer’s honor was a dinner 
given by her cousin, Alec Horn, in honor of her betrothal 
to Keith Merrill of Chicago, which was announced on 
Christmas Day. Although Mr. Merrill has just returned 
to Chicago with his regiment from the Mexican border, 
he was unable to attend the dinner on account of his 
military duties. Mrs. Ayer and her daughter also visited 
the Merrills in Chicago during their absence from home. 
Mr. Merrill, fiance of Miss Ayer, is a brilliant young 
lawyer and is earning an honored place in his profession. 
Mrs. Ayer and Miss Ayer have been looking for a suit- 
able residence for the latter after her marriage to Mr. 
Merrill while they have been in the West. It is under- 
stood the wedding will take place at Pride’s Crossing in 
June, 
